Vior Inc & Ridgeline Minerals – Exploration Done Right

Chad has over ten years of exploration and production experience in both the US and Canada. Prior to co-founding Ridgeline Minerals in 2018, Chad was a managing member of the Premier Gold Mines Ltd. exploration team responsible for the discovery of 10+ Moz of gold, including the discovery of CSD Gap, a high-grade 1.6 Moz resource estimate in 2017 and subsequent joint venture with Barrick Gold in 2018. CDS Gap is now considered one of the highest grade undeveloped Carlin-Type deposits in Nevada. Chad holds a B.Sc. in Geology and Earth Sciences from the University of Manitoba and is a registered professional geologist with the Association of Professional Geologists of Ontario (APGO). He is a long-time member of the Geological Society of Nevada (GSN), currently serving as president of the Winnemucca Chapter.

Mark is an Honours Bachelor of Commerce graduate who has been involved in the investment industry for over 30 years in a number of senior advisory positions with several prominent investment firms, most recently as first vice-president at CIBC Wood Gundy. He has established, over his successful career, an extensive network across North America of mining executives, experienced high-net-worth junior resource investors and prominent junior resource portfolio managers. Vior Inc. deploys a hybrid exploration strategy that is different from other junior explorers. We focus on exploring or partnering on our own prospective portfolio of district-scale projects in Quebec, but also look for strategic investments that have tremendous upside - diversifying risk and increasing the odds of making a discovery. Our focus and priority is exploring and drilling at our flagship Belleterre gold project, a historic past producing high-grade mine with tremendous district-scale brownfield and green field exploration targets.

Laurent has held a number of progressive positions in the mining industry over the past 15 years. As an exploration geologist, Laurent has contributed to different exploration successes; with Aurizon Mines at their Casa Berardi mine in Abitibi, and with Agnico-Eagle Mines with the early-stage recon of the Amaruq area in Nunavut. Since 2014, he has held positions in mining finance both as Portfolio Manager and Investment Advisor for SIDEX, a Quebec based institutional fund specializing in mining exploration Companies. Laurent holds a Master’s degree in Economic Geology from Université d’Orléans (FR) and Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) and an MBA with Honours from École des sciences de la gestion of Université du Québec à Montréal (ESG-UQAM) and Paris Dauphine (FR).